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axion419

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Are there any QT window managers?

For whatever made up reason in my head, I hate mixing gtk and qt.  I really love some of the qt apps, but since my WM is almost always gtk based, I seem to phase them out in favor of their gtk alternatives.  I have googled and haven't found one single qt4 based window manager?  I was just wondering if anyone knew of any projects or even had a reason why you don't seem to see any? Thanks for any input, Justin.

mrunion

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

Isn't KDE 4 QT-based?

See the first paragraph here:
http://kde.org/whatiskde/kdefreeqtfoundation.php

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kazuo

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

I think that the question is some WM not a DE, so kwin is qt.

Last edited by kazuo (2008-12-05 16:10:18)

Wintervenom

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

For whatever made up reason in my head, I hate mixing gtk and qt.  I really love some of the qt apps, but since my WM is almost always gtk based, I seem to phase them out in favor of their gtk alternatives.  I have googled and haven't found one single qt4 based window manager?  I was just wondering if anyone knew of any projects or even had a reason why you don't seem to see any? Thanks for any input, Justin.

Maybe you could install qgtkstyle-svn and set QT's style to GTK.  You won't be able to tell the difference between them after that.

Last edited by Wintervenom (2009-08-05 14:31:03)

frip

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

I found Antico.
But I didn't try it (and most probably will never try it) and it's in an early development stage.
Maybe it's or will be what you are searching for.

skottish

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

Are any window managers based on GTK? All of the WMs I've seen aren't dependent on external tool kits. You could run something minimal but powerful like Openbox and use only QT apps. I'm running it with only GTK2 apps and urxvt.

ijanos

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

I wonder how you end up with GTK based WMs. Most wms dont depend on huge toolkits, they use pure X instead.

Ranguvar

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

A window manager does not usually itself rely on a graphics toolkit like Qt or KDE... it's usually other apps, like the ones found in DEs.

patroclo7

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

Opera, vlc, smplayer etc. in a simple window manager such as openbox can give you a Qt-based environment also without any kde library installed.
I agree that qt-applications nowadays are very fast and look good. Some of them - such as opera and vlc - are nice software tout court.

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moljac024

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

Opera, vlc, smplayer etc. in a simple window manager such as openbox can give you a Qt-based environment also without any kde library installed.
I agree that qt-applications nowadays are very fast and look good. Some of them - such as opera and vlc - are nice software tout court.

New VLC sucks ass.

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Wishes

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

No it doesnt.

tomk

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

moljac024 - could you at least attempt to contribute something to the thread? The topic here is window managers - if you want to write something useful about the disadvantages of the latest VLC release, start a new thread.

patroclo7

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

I have read the antico web page but I admit that I did not understand what it is exactly. Perhaps someome is braver, can try it and provide more details

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patroclo7

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

Sorry, I should have not mentioned those apps. I like the latest vlc a lot but this is absolutely OT

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tomk

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

patroclo7 - you were giving the OP an alternative way of creating the kind of qt-based environment he wants. Nothing wrong with that.

tesjo

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

I just wanted to add the WM usually has a way to theme or at least config the look somehow. This can be made to agree with your qt or gtk theme, but doesn't depend on it.

superrad

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

I would like a QT4 based window manager aswell, currently using openbox with QT programs and although it's great I cant find an openbox theme that fits in with QT apps

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skottish

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

I would like a QT4 based window manager aswell, currently using openbox with QT programs and although it's great I cant find an openbox theme that fits in with QT apps

Just find one that's reasonably close and modify it. If you installed openbox-themes, they reside in /usr/share/themes/<theme_name>/openbox-3. You can copy the <theme_name> folder to ~/.themes. From there that version of the theme will be the one that Openbox uses. Take a look at the themerc file to see how it works. All of the .xbm files are images used in the theme.

dolby

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

Are any window managers based on GTK?

No. And QT/GTK are or should be totally irrelevant.

edit: oh i forgot awesome. awesome is based many libraries used by GTK. but its far from being a WM.

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markc

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

There is qwm from http://pkg.eth-os.org/eth-os/gui/i686/ (look for qwm-*, there is also a pkg for x86_64). It needs work but I actually use it on top of qt-snapshot (Qt 4.5) because kde4 won't run on Qt 4.5. It's got a simple built in menu, panel and window list. Suggestions and patches welcome :-)

It's based on qlwm (google for it).

alex_anthony

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

Metacity depends on GTK!
but the main problem is the gui config tools - is there a Qt config tool for Openbox for example?

shazeal

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

qtconfig

PJ

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

qtconfig

qtconfig is not a config tool for openbox, it's only for Qt. I wish there were a Qt based config tool for openbox but I haven't seen one yet.

ijanos

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

qtconfig

qtconfig is not a config tool for openbox, it's only for Qt. I wish there were a Qt based config tool for openbox but I haven't seen one yet.

You can always edit the rc.xml file with your favourite text editor, its heavily commented and very straightforward.

PJ

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Re: Are there any QT window managers?

You can always edit the rc.xml file with your favourite text editor, its heavily commented and very straightforward.

That's the way I am doing it right now. Besides, obconf/obmenu doesn't have all the possible configuration options that the text files have, but I guess that's to complicate to actually have since it would create a really complicate configuration tool. Anyway, it might be interesting to look into creating such a tool based on Qt but right now I am quiet busy with another project (besides my regular work).